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Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28

The quaintest club In New York Is the
Japanese Club. It was established
several years back BY the leading Jap
anese merchants and attaches Of legation
settled iii this city, and now numbers
some twenty-five members. They are
all men of meansand influenced and enter
tain any of their countrymen who NAV
pass through the city in the most hospi-
table way. The club has imported q
native cook and commenced to give din
ners prepared and served in the Japanese
style, ut one of which, last Sunday, the
first Caucasian guests the club has dined
were entertained. The dinner was given
in honor Of Mr.. Okakura, the visiting
Commissioner of the Fine Arts for
Japan.
The dinner was thoroughly national
in character. 1t began with soup, or
rather a consomme, Favored with mush-
rooms and chicken livers. This was
served in beauti nj lacquer bowls, each
bowl having smaller orr inverted on
it, in the manner of lid, to keep the
Leat in. The mushrooms and ivers were
sfshed out with chop sticks and the soup
itself drunk from the bowl like coffee.
The second course consisted of raw
sea bass, cut into flakes and eaten with
vinegar and native sauce, like our IA
miliar Wors estershire, but much finer
in flavor. Indeed. it is believed to be the
ancient Soy sauce on with Worcester
shire is based. The fish eaten in this
way was exquisite in flavor, making as
toothsome and delicate q morsel as oys-
ters. A stew of meat and vegetables
followed, along with q fry of lobster and
shrimp together. The lobster was cut
into pieces each sufficient to make d rea-
sonable moutffal, and with q shrimp or
two fried with it to give it flavor. A
superbly prepared perch, broiled whole,
rice and stew al libitnm, completed the
repast, which was moistered with Rhine
wine, crowned with tea and topped off
in the parlor with cigars and brandy for
the dissolute Cancasians, and lemon soda
and cigarettes for. the hosts.
Unlike the cookery of the Chinese,
that OF the Japanese is devoid Of all sug-
gestion of grease o. doying sweetness.
It is light, delicate and readily lends it.
self to digestion. There are many dish
es at an orthodox Chinese dinner that
the Caucasian palate rejects. Not q dish
was served at this feast that was not
palatable. One of its novelties was satu-
rating rice with. tea. Tbs result is ex-
quisitely palatable. Another was the
service Of d native vegetable like our
turnip, eaten raw, in dainty slices and
moistoned with sauce. Mem York. Neaos
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
THE HOME DOCTOR.
Keeping Health il the winter.

Keeping Health in the Winter.
The most essential point for those who
IRE enfeebled BY age Or III health, says
communication ia the New York Obser-
rer, IS to keep warm BY wearing warm
but rot too heavy clothing, and taking
the outdoor air as often as the weather
and circumstances will admit. Before
dressing in the morning and while pre-
pairing for the night, use flesh brush
vigorously, it Is agreeable and comfort
able, promotes circulation and induces
sleep Light warm bedding is prefera-
BILE to too warm an atmosphere tor sleep
ing apartments. They who have never
tried it would be pleased and surprised
by the comfortable and agreeable
warmth Of mere iinbleached cotton
sheets, they are treasure. Another
very simple but efficient article is
warm stone. piece Of marble, about an
inch in thickness and about five Or six
inches square. Laid on the range it
will be heated through in less than five
minutes; wrap it in paper ut is better
than cloth. Laid in the bed short
time before retiring it removes the chill
and makes the bed comfortable. The
marble can be used on footstool, any
where, in any room, if needed for the
feet 1t is far more convenient than
rubber bag Of hot water.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
The Easy Going Parisians.

OF all places in the world Paris is the
place ia which it is easiest to gather
crowd, writes correspondent of the
New York Times. Americans are wont
to rail at the slow-footed messenger boy
and the absent-minded car conductor,
but nowhere in the wide universe are
the people so unanimously in favor Of
lounging and lettering as in the French
capital. The shopkeeper stands on his.
threshold and chats; the policeman Cos
sips with, the newsWoman': the hack.
driver Tolls back in hisvehicle until sunni
paoned to work, and everybody makes
rush for the point at which the presence
of dozen persons indicates that some
thing or other is to be seen. A crowd
of ], 900 men, women and children can
be gotten together in five minutes in any
part of the town.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
"Let Ont.

How fast the arms Of little people
lengthen. Very few Of their aprons and
dresses but that the sleeves must be
changed before the garment is-outgrown
or outworn. It is well to make allow
.ance for growth when making sleeves.
either by tuck whose edge is concealed
under or at edge of trimming, or by
turning in at arm pit. But in either case
the goods, when faded, plainly show
where the thrifty seaEnstress has ''let
out" the sleeve.
For bingham dresses that viii wear but
fade, try turning deep hem at the waist,
.edging it with pretty colored braid.
Now turn back this hem like curving
cuff--a stitch or two will hold it in place
till the little arm needs the additional
length of sleeve.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
Explosive Shayings.

An explosion in mill in this city
where shaving were used for fuel has
been almost exactly reproduced ia Bos-
ton, where steam-powerl company's
boiler house was demolished. The boil
ers did not explode, but there was such
rapid combustion of shavings and saw
dust as to produce explosive effects.
Several men were very badly burned, two
Of them fatally. The obvious lesson,
that greater care should be exercised in
the use Of this fuel, is worth mentioning,
though, Judging by experience. It Is not
likely TO have much effect ~ philadelphia
ledger.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
College War Cries.

One Of the college papers has COM
piled list and history of college cheers
According to it the original shouts Of
the colleges were repetition of the
name of the college. This gave an ad
vantage to the colleges which had sono-
rous names, and is the constant aim of
cheering is to make more noise than the
other cheerers, new yells were evolved
by 4 process of evolution. THESE came
into existence quarter of century
ago, when Yale and Harvard had their
boat races on Lake Cuinsigamond, when
the sRah sRah .Rah ! thrice repeated
was first heard. Harvard sounded the
sRahs full, and added Harvard, pro-
nounced so that the ar and clipped d
were all that were heard aYalen was
added to the New Haven colleges sRahs
with long howl on the a.
Princeton's cheer was developed soon
after as the Princeton came into athletic
relations with the other colleges. They
took the three 'Rahs for a basis, and adj
ded the skyrocket. siS- boom-ah, which
they hold on to as long as the nine 'nahs
of their opponents hold out, and then
veil s.Prineeton'' as calliope climax.
Dartmouth has one of the most novel
cheers Of all. Some Indian must have
invented it, and stout col 'ege lungs give
1.-THE right Hiatus. It IS Wah- hoo wah !!
Wah- hoo wah Liddy, diddy, Dart
mouth Wah hoo-wah ! It is very pic
turesaue, and only a sophomore can
Wah- hoo to the best advantage. The
hoo is like a human owls boot.
Everybody has heard Colnmbia's
Hooray! Hoorayi Hooray! Co-lu- m
b-ia! The name spells out rythmically.
John Hopkins University at Baltimore
has taken the ground plan Of the cheer
and built on It, adding John Hop
k-i.n.s. instead Of C-o-l-u-m- b-i-a Ste
yens Institute at Hoboken and Union
College at Schenectady have similar
cheers.
Rutgers has cheer almost as original
as Dartmouth's. It is 'Rah. Ran! 'Rah!
Row-wow WOW Rutgers. Williams has
an entranting and resonant 'Rah! kan !!
,Rah! Will-yamsl yams! vans Penn
sylyania University has wild Phlladel-
phia cheer without any special charm,
IT Is the three Rails and Penn-syl van
i-ahl The College Of the City Of New
York cheer b tier. They say Kan three
times and add G.! G.! MI Y! !.
Cornell has "a cheer that once heard
cannot be forgotten. It Is like the
rhyme of the passeniaire. II rs given
with proper emf basis only IN times OF
excitement. Here it is Cornell /! Cornell !
Cor-cor-cor nelll yell like A- Coz
nell
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
The Cold Air Cure.

The benefits Of cool air are not uni
yersally appreciated, says DIR. Oswald IN
the Herall ct kcayth. A good many peo-
pie are afraid Of close bedrooms, where
their systems are poisoned and their con
stitutions gradually undermined BY
breathing the bad air. And even hot, or
warm air that is pure air Ia q room that
has ventilation as well as heat is debili-
tating where breathed all night.
The evidence that pulmonary COM
plants are inevitably and exclusively
caused by foul indoor air, and cured BY
pure, especially BY cold pure, outdoor
air. can grow convincing to degree al
most affective to philanthropist, who
must often feel like a traveller seeing his
companions cropping ia the gloom Of
subterranean labyrinth and refusing to
follow the clew that has led him back to
sunshine of the upper world. The RENE
dial influence Of fresh air is so much In
creased by a low temperature that
sscolds' are. in fact, far more durable ia
midwinter than in midsummer. ! was
shot Though the lungs in Mexico, and
have ever since been susceptible to the
contagion Of . .scatarrh factory" as a.
friend Of nine calls the unyentilated
school-rooms and meeting houses Of our
country towns. In warm weather I avoid
such mantraps as I would the pit of gas
we'll. but in winter / risk their infection
in the assurance that its influence can be
counteracted by an extra dose Of ice air.
On returning from q crowded lecture
hall, d sitting sickroom. stuffy omni-
bus. etc, / remove my bed to the draft
side Of the house and open q window to
the full capacity of its mechanism,
taking care to go to sleep facing the
draft. I have often awakened in the
morning with my hair grizzled with bear
lrost, but without the slightest vestige Of
the catarlh which had announced its ap
proach the night before.
Cold is an antiseptic and 2 powerful
digestive stimulant, and | here record
the prediction that the hospitals of the
future will be ice-houses. Dyspepsia,
catarrh and fevcrs of oil kinds can be
|. frozen out Of the system mot by letting
the patient shiver in snow bank, bnt
by giving him an exta allowance Of warm
bedclothing, with the additional luxury
Of breathing ice-cold air, which, under
such circumstances, becomes preferable
to hot miasma as cold spring water to
warm ditch water. ! have also fonnd
that the best brainwork can be done ID
a cold room, and that stove heat has 9
tendency to stultify like a narcotic bev-
erage. Warm wrapsmake fires tolefably
dispensable.
j. 4. smith, Of Fairbury, Ill, owns =
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28

Horses are not fully matured until SIX
wears 81 ace, nor do they arrive at their
full strength until eight years old. I'm.
mature animals are often ovcrtaxeo ana
their future usefulness injured.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
Directions for Cleaning.

It is quite desirable to have something
with which TO sweep carpets, to prevent
raising dust and to brighten the colors.
Probably the safest and best way is to
take half a package of soft paper and
cut or tear it into bits not over an inch.
square. Wet it and press out the water;
then scatter it over the carpet. 1t should
not fall in large Jumps. but be picked
apart, SO that it will cover almost an en-
tire room When the broom is used it
will roll into little ba Il, and, as it is
swept over the carpet will take the dust
up quite thoroughly. Some housekeep-
ers 60 over the carpet the second time
with clean paper Very coarse salt used
dry is good. If the house has damp cor
ners it should be used sparingly, as salt
has tendency to attract moisture. Wet
leaves are used by some country families.
One old lady has quantity of cuttings
of calico and white goods These she
moistens and throws over the carpet.
When she is done the scraps go into a
tub of water, are whirled about, and then
thrown upon an old wire screen, where
they dry, and are clean for the next
time.
Brooms should always be hung up By
Q ring in the top Of the handle. II they
are set upon the floor. especially while
damp, they get out Of shape, and the
ends Of the brush are curved out, rem
dering them almost useless. Do not
stand them up with the brush upper
most. II they are damp the water will
soak into the body Of the broom, and rot
only rust the wire or rot the cords wiz
which the broom is made, but will make
the broom straws smell musty and disa
greeable, and finally rot them altogether.
Mops AMI window brushes also should
be hung up by the handles.
A great deal is said about cleaning old
brass. Probably the best method for
doing this is to pour very strong ammo
MIA over the brass, and then thoroughly
scrub it with D regular scrubbing brush.
After five minutes of labor the brass will
become as clear, bright and shining as
new metal. Then rinse it in clear water,
and wipe dry. After weeks Of standing
there will be no sign Of discoloration or
dimness. During the process Of cleaning
It the ammonia vapor may turn the brass
q dark bronze-like color, but the direct
application Of the liquid will remove II
at once.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-28
Recipes

y. BOILED BEEF's TONGUE Boil in plen-
ty Of water till very tender II salt
tongue is used, either soak it in water
over night before cooking, or pour off
the first water in boiling. While warm,
remove the skin.
FINE APPLE FRITTERs Peel some fine
apples. cut them into neat slices, remove
to soak an hour or two in lemon Juice
and powdered sugar and grated lemon
them Of good color, and sprinkle them
with sugar. The apples for fritters should
pc firm, but ripe.
CORN BREAD--One-half pint Of white
corn meal and an equal quantity Of -four,
one-half pint Of sweet milk, one table,
spoonful Of sugar, one-half teaspoonful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-08
COLONEL FELLOWS IN A HOT FIGHT


The death of Alderman MastersOn, besides making
trouble the DOar OF Aldermen tho chair
nansDip Of tho finance Committee, for which he had
been slated. has raised Il breeze in the XIXth Dis
trict. I;y tho division OF Offices between tho two
ngs Of tho Democracy last la1 tho XIXth District
alderman went 10 tho County body. The most
prominent candidates for tho vacancy are Denis A.
Spelssey, Henry MastcrsOn a brother Of tho dead
man; George T. II. McVay Eugene Thompson and
John Marfay. T. Is. Ma~tcrsOn leader OF the
county Democracy in tho district. There are
several aspirants for that honor. including Henry
NIstersOn and Colonel John X. Fellows. On Thurs
day evening meeting Of tho County Drm,caacy
delegates IF tho district c-ctc at tho recent primaries
WI. hell IN tho hall at seventeen st and tho Boulo-
,aId Col mel Ielows's friends that Masters0n
packed the hall and that Of holr men were fcpt
opt Contests Announced several election
ii ,tricts C,iULel Fell W. dec Glazed tina, s,me OF
the creientalS presented and lliC we'd not ttgu
lar while III the OF Others that werc IcgulT
the sccrcty had refused to place the the roll
He asked for an adjournment. Mr. spclissey 'lcnicd
Colonel Folows's ch,rges and the motion 10 adjourn
was declared lost.
After try ng again Colonel Fellows and his friends
withdrew. arI mectng those on the sidewalk who
could not get admission, they went ~ tho hall at
Eighty fourth ST. and tho Boulevard. and elected
Thomas O'Ca lagban chairman. committee was
in several election districts The seats Of tho ether
faction will be contested. Tho Masterron faction
Apo. nted committee to report permanent officers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-08
LABOR PARTY DELEGATES SATISFIED

ANOTHER SESSION OF THE CONVENTION NEXT WEEK
TROUBLE IN TWO DISTRICTS.
Tho delegates to the county convention Of tho
United Labor party which held in Clarendon Hall
on thursday night. profess TO be well pleased with
tho result OF the convention and say that while ID
was noisy and took good while to get down to work.
sui there was healthy feeling about 1t which showed
tnere was no ono man power or bosssm In the party
Now that committees on permanent organization and
resolutions have boon appointed 1t Is expected that
the next meeting will be fruitful and that much
work Will lie accomplished. This meeting will DO
held next Thursday night. The most important task
to be accomplished Ia decide whether the delegates
20 this body form simply 4 county convention or
county general committee There Is likely to DO a
contet on this point.
The Committee Credentials which was appointed
at the last meeting had an easy task. There was
trouble in only two districts, tho With ana tho
XVIII. Tho trouble In tho With arose from tho
refusal OF the delegates to pay tho tax OF 90 cents
each whch had boon lowed by tho Executive com.
mlttce. Tho trouble WAS settled by tho payment OF
tho assessment under protest In the xVIth DS'rIcs
the trouble was moro serious Denis sullivan an od-
tine labor politician, for Alderman on an ihdo-
pendent ticket expecting to get tho George vote no
did not get IT, John J. McGrath was one OF tho mosu
active George workers In tho district and IA reward
for his activity he obtained position on the deioga
ton to tho convention Sullivan, feeling sore over
tho result OF his canvass, protested against tho al
mission OF McGrah. charging that election day no
had sold out George and Rice for Spinola. Mcoratn
was called before tho committee. and who no denied
having traded of George, admitted that no had made
a bargain with the Spinols men whoreby he got Votes
for George In rotun for votes for Spnoia lie
claimed that In bis district It understood thing
that everything to 10 sacrificed for George. mo
which nominated Mr. George had not
mado any other nominations and tho campaign com
mttoe had not allowed the district organizations 10
make nominations. He thought that he had perfect
right to trade of Rice for Spinola to get votes for
George, though tho sympathes OF the iaborlng mon
wero with Rico. A subcommittee OF hvo will moet
In Clarendon Hail on sunday afternoon to consider
Mr. McGrath's case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-08
ANOTHER BOOK BY MR. BLAINE.
HIS SPEECHES AND DIPLOMATIC PAPERS TO n
PUBLISHED.

HIS SPEECHES AND DIPLOMATIC PAPERS TO DE
PUBLISHED.
NORWICH. Conn, Jan. THE Henry Bill Publishing
Company. OF this city. publishers Of James G. Blanes
Tweny Years Of Congress- have arranged for the pro-
ducon OF another book from Mr. Blanes pen The title
OF the will he "speeches and Diplomatic Papers"
1t will include his eloquent arguments upon various sub
jects of general political interest beginning with the Ere
mont campaign in 1856 when he supported the first
Presidential candidate OF the Republican party and
tending the present year. Among the topics included
are the anslavery struggle the civil war issues the re-
construction period Chinese immigration Civil Service
reform the labor problem prohibition Irish Home rule,
the Fishery dispute the tariff the silver question,
with South America and many other issues which
are been Of vital Importance the country The
eloquent and touching tribute to Garfield will be given in
full The diplomatic papers, which have excited the adj
Inraton OF statesmen and common people alike WIN he
reproduced In their original power The book will be an
volume OF about 800 600 pages and Will con-
tain steel portraits of Mr.. Blaine and OF
President Garfield G. C. Haskell president of the pub
fishing company states that IL Is expected TO issue tho
book about February l. II Is edited by John L. Stevens.
formerly United States Minister to Sweden and at
time partner with Mr.. Blaine In The Kcnnebcc Journal
he Twenty Years of Congress" continues to have
large sala
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-08

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late Rev George Charles Hollis aged 10 years and month
and
Funeral Services. rs,ioaco Jensr.onave Saturday
Ketchum. Of pneumonia.
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Carriages viii meet the a m train from Grand Central
KOUwENHOvEN-At stenwav. Long Island CITY. Jan.
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Relatives ann friends nvltel to atten the funeral from
tho Reformed Dnch Church. at Newtown. L. l.. on satur.
Train leaves Hunters Point at O'Clock
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SATTERTHwAITE-At the residence OF her brotherin.
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vAIL-At his residence in Brooklyn. Friday the It'll
inst James f. Vail aged / years
Funeral services at tho residence OF his brothcrnlw
George L. Nichols 36 Pierrepont ST., Brooklyn, Monday
the 10th inst. at IL o'clock
WALLER-At Asheyille y. G. January Ella A. daughter
OF John and tho late Sarah q. White and wife OF ITO
fessor Elwyn Waller, OF Columbia College.
WESTERVELT-On Friday evening. Susie f., vile OF
Abram Westervelt and daughter OF tho late John u
Young,
Notice OF funeral hereafter
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